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Re: "builtin jobs" does not output to stdout.


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: "builtin jobs" does not output to stdout.
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:24:46 -0500
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On 2/14/23 7:09 PM, Koichi Murase wrote:

I still don't think `builtin jobs' is equivalent
to `jobs' because `jobs' can pick up a shell function.

You're right; they're not equivalent. `builtin' guarantees you'll execute
the builtin instead of any function replacement. I wish POSIX had picked
it up instead of inventing `command'.

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